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Azurite Stalactites
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States
Azurite is an ore of copper, and the Copper Queen mine was a prodigious producer of this mineral. The largest column is 9 cm high, and the green base is malachite. Although displayed in this configuration for esthetic reasons, the column actually grew downward from the malachite roof of a pocket in the ore deposit.
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- Title: Azurite Stalactites
- Location: Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, United States, North America
- Type: Mineral
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- USNM Catalog Number(s): 104889
- Scientific Name: Azurite with malachite
- Photo Credit: Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Field: Mineral Sciences
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